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Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, May 11, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.

Pika offers an AI feature that animates a static image into a short video clip, available to registered users on its web and iOS platforms. Users upload a still photo and the AI generates motion, camera movement, and environmental effects to bring the image to life.

Details

The image-to-video feature accepts a static image (JPG or PNG) as input and produces an animated video clip with realistic motion, cinematic camera effects, and environmental animation. Users can also provide optional text prompts to direct the animation style or action. The Pikaframes variant of this feature, introduced in Pika 2.2 (February 2025), allows users to upload both a starting image and an ending image, with the AI generating the transition between them.

Products affected

Pika (pika.art)Pika iOS app

Sources & Evidence

Company Disclosure

Generate videos using Pika Labs video generation models

Adobe Help·Mar 2026

https://helpx.adobe.com/firefly/web/firefly-video-editor/generate-videos/generate-videos-with-pika-22.html

News Article

Pika, which is building AI tools to generate and edit videos, raises $55M

TechCrunch·Nov 2023

https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/28/pika-labs-which-is-building-ai-tools-to-generate-and-edit-videos-raises-55m/

Cite this record

Trace Foundation. (2026). Pika: Pika offers an AI feature that animates a static image into a short video clip, available to registered users on its web and iOS platforms. Users upload a still photo and the AI generates motion, camera movement, and environmental effects to bring the image to life (data as of 2026-05-11) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/46f1a002-964c-49cc-8153-cfa57f3eb4c0. Accessed October 5, 2026.

Stable link: https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/46f1a002-964c-49cc-8153-cfa57f3eb4c0
Data as of: May 11, 2026
Last verified: May 11, 2026

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Other practices by Pika

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